A Collection
of Classic Poems
selected by Wendy Body
(Longman Pelican Big Books)
The well-known poems in this anthology are Meg Merrilees by John
Keats, What is pink? by Christina Rossetti, Silver by Walter
de la Mare, Overheard on a Saltmarsh by Harold Munro, Five Eyes
by Walter de la Mare, Windy Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, Cargoes
by John Masefield and The Way through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling.
A very useful selection to have in big book format. KS2
24 pages ISBN 058233408X

Second Big
Book of Poetry
chosen by John Foster
(Oxford Reading Tree)
The 13 poems selected here for 6-7 year olds offers a good variety of
poetry styles combined with real 'look at me' illustrations. Three of
the poems with repetitive structure are particularly suitable as models
for writing similar poems and the book includes teaching ideas.KS1
ISBN 019919243XBuy
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Poetry for
Sharing Big Book 1
chosen by John Foster
(Oxford University Press)
This collection of 26 poems for 7-9 year olds offers an exciting array
of ideas and imagery, along with particularly good suggestions for shared
writing exercises. Some poems, such as The Eyes Have it by Susan
Stranks, are just made for Big Books. A clever match of illustration to
verse.KS2
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Poetry for
Sharing Big Book 2
chosen by John Foster
(Oxford University Press)
A collection of 26 poems for 9-11 year olds from a wide selection of poets
including Tennyson, Heaney, Brownjohn, McGough and Magee. Poems on themes
such as Death, Change, Hope and Christmas are given different treatments
to allow comparisons and encourage debate. The addition of creature poems,
performance poems and fun wordplay makes this an interesting collection.
Excellent teaching ideas included. KS2
ISBN 0198341873Buy
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Poets Writing
in a Variety of Styles
selected by Wes Magee
(Pelican Big Books 0582420997)
The nineteen different types of poem in this book include nonsense verse,
acrostics, cinquains, shape poems and a limerick. Each has well-chosen
illustrations and a page where the poet talks about the poem. A book to
use again and again to encourage children to look at poetry and write
their own.
48 pages
Mainly KS2 but also useful with KS1Buy
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School Time,
Play Time
collected by Brian Moses
(Ginn All Aboard)
A good selection of poems with strong rhythms and repetition. The fifteen
poems are not all about school and include several on food.KS1
24 pages ISBN 060229407X

Windspells,
Rainspells
(Ginn All Aboard)
Despite its title, only some of the poems in this collection are about
weather. It includes a good selection of types of poem and one about the
life stages of the frog which could be useful for life cycle work. KS1/ KS224 pages ISBN 0602294088

Poetry Anthology
2 (Ginn All Aboard)
A good selection of poems including Night Mail by WH Auden, I
remember, I remember by Thomas Hood and Shakespeare's Over Hill,
Over Dale.KS2ISBN 0602283507